Ground Control and Improvement

Name: Ground Control and Improvement
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SKU: 9780471552314
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By Petros P. Xanthakos and Lee W. Abramson and Donald A. Bruce

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Ground Control and Improvement is a comprehensive guide to contemporary techniques used to alter or stabilise ground and soil conditions to support construction projects. It covers a wide array of methods relevant to underground engineering, including groundwater drainage, underpinning, excavation support, soil compaction, in situ reinforcement, jet grouting, vertical screens, and artificial ground freezing.
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This book is ideal for engineering professionals, students specialising in geotechnical or underground engineering, and practitioners seeking a thorough understanding of ground control and improvement methods.

A comprehensive compilation concerned with a variety of modern methods being used worldwide to improve soil and rock conditions supporting new and remedial construction. Ground water lowering and drainage techniques, soil compaction, excavation support methods, permeation and jet grouting are among the many topics discussed.

Description

This text compiles modern methods which deal with the alteration or stabilization of existing ground or soil conditions in order to better facilitate construction. It explores all of the existing and experimental techniques currently available in underground engineering.

Topics discussed in Ground Control and Improvement include groundwater drainage, underpinning, excavation support methods, soil compaction, in situ ground reinforcement, jet grouting, vertical screens, and artificial ground freezing.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780471552314

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 May 1994

Country: United States

Imprint: Wiley-Interscience

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 54.0mm

Width: 158.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 1415g

Pages: 936

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Donald A. Bruce Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Lee W. Abramson Non-Fiction Petros P. Xanthakos

About the Author

Petros P. Xanthakos is the author of Ground Control and Improvement, published by Wiley. Lee W. Abramson is the author of Ground Control and Improvement, published by Wiley.